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Penchakola Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Penchakola is a medium size village located in Raipur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 342 families residing. The Penchakola village has population of 1590 of which 821 are males while 769 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Penchakola village population of children with age 0-6 is 197 which makes up 12.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Penchakola village is 937 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Penchakola as per census is 841, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Penchakola village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Penchakola village was 74.01 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Penchakola Male literacy stands at 85.43 % while female literacy rate was 62.00 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Penchakola village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Penchakola village.

Penchakola Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 342 - -
Population 1,590 821 769
Child (0-6) 197 107 90
Schedule Caste 700 364 336
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.01 % 85.43 % 62.00 %
Total Workers 656 449 207
Main Worker 502 - -
Marginal Worker 154 46 108

Caste Factor

In Penchakola village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.03 % of total population in Penchakola village. The village Penchakola currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Penchakola village out of total population, 656 were engaged in work activities. 76.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 656 workers engaged in Main Work, 178 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 258 were Agricultural labourer.